KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The USDA has launched two new programs to help East Tennesseans whose homes were affected by damage ...

In Cuba, hundreds of people remain in makeshift shelters nearly two months after the hurricane made landfall in the eastern ...

Late October was a busy time for Virginia Task Force 1 as they arrived in Kingston, Jamaica as part of the U.S. Department of State disaster response team, addressing the damage from Hurricane Melissa ...

Let's be honest, most Americans don't think disaster will strike their neighborhood. Yet weather specialists have raised serious concerns about major urban areas where aging infrastructure, rapid ...

The other notable thing about this hurricane season is how strong some of these systems, like Melissa, became. There were four major hurricanes: Erin, Gabrielle, Humberto and last ...

An aerial view of destroyed buildings following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on October 29, 2025. Hurricane Melissa bore down on the Bahamas October 29 ...

Hurricane Melissa became the most powerful storm on record to strike Jamaica in part because of water made hotter and air made wetter by global warming, a new analysis has found. The storm was also ...

Hurricane Melissa caused at least 67 deaths, up to $4 billion in insured losses in Jamaica and tens of billions of dollars of overall damage throughout the Caribbean, authorities in the storm-ravaged ...

In the days since Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Caribbean, we’re getting a clearer understanding of both the destruction and desperation the deadly storm has caused. In Jamaica, locals are ...

Jamaica’s death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to at least 28 people, the country’s government said Saturday, and some of the areas hit hardest by the Category 5 storm have yet to be reached as ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis announced that 28 Floridians have been successfully evacuated from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa’s destruction. The evacuation, managed by the Florida Division ...

Communities across the Caribbean on Nov. 1 were continuing to pick up the pieces left by the devastating and deadly former Hurricane Melissa, which walloped Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ...